amd phemon 955be 95w

[skitz9417]

hi guys just a qiuck question is the x4 955be 95w a oem and does that mean u cannot oc it

[Morfy]

I think being a black edition, you can oc it pretty well..

[skitz9417]

i was thinking of giving it a try to see how far i can oc it

[I'm Batman]

you can OC it

[skitz9417]

well heres the link of the cpu

 

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-955-3-2GHz-AM3-6MB-Quad-Core-95W-TDP-C3-HDX955WFK4DGM-/271192434872?pt=UK_Computing_CPUs_Processors&hash=item3f245428b8

Edited July 6, 2013 by skitz9417

[ExDreamer]

Make sure your mobo support more than 95w cpu to overclock it.

Edited July 6, 2013 by ExDreamer

[skitz9417]

well i have a GA-MA770T-UD3P

 and its on the list see http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3257#

[Lavi]

Looks good. I might be tempted to add a heatsink over the mosfets but apparently they're fine without it.

[skitz9417]

Looks good. I might be tempted to add a heatsink over the mosfets but apparently they're fine without it.

ok i got told this yeah..non be 955 processor, multiplier locked.

usually 95w version is rather hard to overclock than 125 watt.

 

but is that true and i have a nh-d14

[Lavi]

ok i got told this yeah..non be 955 processor, multiplier locked.

usually 95w version is rather hard to overclock than 125 watt.

 

but is that true and i have a nh-d14

 

Yeah, that's an overkill cooler for this. The phenoms hit stability issues before they overheat on a hyper 212. Also the 95W version is multiplier locked but on AMD you can raise the baseclock significantly. I've got a 965BE and I and using the stock multiplier because I can push it further using the baseclock!

 

But it's hard to know what your CPU can take in terms of overclocking. Aparently that chip was rare and rarer in a motherboard that could overclock it.

[TechFan@ic]

AMD CPUs aren't like Intel CPUs, even if the multiplier is locked you can still overclock using the bus frequency.